{"id":3846,"date":"2017-11-06T23:57:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T15:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aseancap.org\/v2\/?p=3846"},"modified":"2017-11-06T23:57:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T15:57:06","slug":"kia-optima-gt-never-been-tested-by-asean-ncap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aseancap.org\/v4\/2017\/11\/06\/kia-optima-gt-never-been-tested-by-asean-ncap\/","title":{"rendered":"Kia Optima GT Never Been Tested by ASEAN NCAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Kajang, 6 November 2017<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Recently, we have been receiving queries from the public regarding the status of Kia Optima whether it has ever been tested by the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries or ASEAN NCAP. This was based on a series of articles published by several mainstream newspapers and also a few online automotive news portals several months ago. The articles stated that the said model received 5-Star ASEAN NCAP safety rating.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We regret to inform that ASEAN NCAP has never assessed Kia Optima GT. The only Kia cars tested by ASEAN NCAP was Kia Picanto (for Thailand and Malaysian market) and Kia Morning (the model shares similar platform as Picanto but for Indonesian market). We urge the public to always check ASEAN NCAP website for the correct rating.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ASEAN NCAP will contact the Kia Headquarters to alert about the incorrect announcement in addition to obtain further explanation on this matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aseancap.org\/v4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Berita-Harian_Kia-Optima-GT-serba-baharu.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berita Harian_Kia Optima GT serba baharu<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aseancap.org\/v4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BH-Auto_Optima-GT-ekspresi-prestasi-Kia.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BH Auto_Optima GT ekspresi prestasi Kia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aseancap.org\/v4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Malay-Mail_Kia-Optima-GT-now-in-the-Msian-market.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malay Mail_Kia Optima GT now in the M&#8217;sian market<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aseancap.org\/v4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Metro-Ahad_Optima-GT-generasi-keempat.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metro Ahad_Optima GT generasi keempat<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aseancap.org\/v4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/New-Sarawak-Tribune_Kia-Msia-introduces-all-new-Kia-Optima-GT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Sarawak Tribune_Kia M&#8217;sia introduces all-new Kia Optima GT<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aseancap.org\/v4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sin-Chew-Daily_Brand-New-Kia-Optima-GT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sin Chew Daily_Brand New Kia Optima GT<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aseancap.org\/v4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/The-Star_Optima-GT-set-to-impress.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Star_Optima GT set to impress<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aseancap.org\/v4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/The-Sun_New-Kia-Optima-GT-released.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun_New Kia Optima GT released<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kajang, 6 November 2017 \u2013 Recently, we have been receiving queries from the public regarding the status of Kia Optima whether it has ever been tested by the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries or ASEAN NCAP. This was based on a series of articles published by several mainstream newspapers and also a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":"","carbon_fields":{"tabs":[{"_type":"_","tab_title":"Specifications","tab_content":"<table>\n    <tbody>\n        <tr>\n            <td>VARIANTS<\/td>\n            <td><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td>YEAR BUILT<\/td>\n            <td><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td>MODEL YEAR<\/td>\n            <td><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td>VEHICLE CATEGORY<\/td>\n            <td><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td>ENGINE CAPACITY<\/td>\n            <td><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td>KERB MASS<\/td>\n            <td><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td>TEST LAB<\/td>\n            <td><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table>"},{"_type":"_","tab_title":"Adult Occupant Protection","tab_content":"<table class=\" alignleft\" style=\"width: 100%; 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